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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 29, 2002 12 . MOTION: Council Member Larson moved and Council Member Aplikowski seconded for discussion that they go forward with the negotiation of a Predevelopment Agreement with the consortium they had talked about at the Work Session with working with Centex/Glenn Rehbein Companies proposal and Opus Homes being a possible runner-up. Council Member Aplikowski stated she was apprehensive to make a decision tonight. She stated she believed this was premature and Council had not discussed their vision for this. She stated they still needed Congressional approval of this land. She stated Centex was not her first choice. She preferred Opus as her first choice. She stated they had not identified how they felt about this whole process. Mayor Probst stated the selection tonight would simply get a partner in place that would help them move forward with the potential transfer and the environmental clean-up. He stated they had a starting point with the Vento Plan and they had a commitment to move forward honoring that plan, but the fundamental challenge before them was the issues of land transfer and environmental clean-up. He stated he supported proceeding along the path of the motion made. He stated this motion would not necessarily tie the City into only using one contractor/developer. Council Member Rem stated her preference for Opus being her the first choice and Centex being her second. • Council Member Grant stated Centex was his first choice, however he believed Opus made a better proposal than initially presented. He stated both were very strong players and he liked Opus' focus on the retail/office environment, as well as a residential aspect to the development. He stated Centex had the environmental aspect on line, but stated they were more residential than Opus' proposal. He stated he would like to see the Council to make this decision tonight. Mayor Probst stated it was important to him to understand where everyone was at and he hoped they would move forward tonight, but this was the biggest decision Council would ever have to make that would affect the entire community and they needed to make a good decision and put together a team that could help them get this done. Council Member Aplikowski stated she disagreed with Mayor Probst's comment about this being the biggest decision. She stated the residents everyday living would go on as is whether this was approved or not. She stated this did not have the same impact for her as it did for the Mayor and this was part of her hesitancy of moving forward. She stated she would have liked to have had more discussions as a Council to come to some agreement. She stated the reason she chose Opus was because she believed Opus presented the better proposal, but she believed she was just uncomfortable making any decision tonight. Mayor Probst stated he believed the Army was looking at disposing of the property and it was in the best interest of the City to be a part of this. � U